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Fireworks at Cheney Lake
Milton Baptist Church to host annual fish fry Milton Baptist Church will host its 11th annual fish fry on Sunday, Sept. 2.
The Ninnescah Sailing Association will once again host its annual Labor Day Weekend fireworks show. The show will take place on Sunday, Sept. 20, and will begin around dusk. Best viewing will be around Sailboat Cove on the lake’s west side. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawnchairs.
A meal will be served from 5:30 to 7 p.m., followed by a concert from Four the Cross, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Along with fish and hush puppies, the meal will feature a Cajun shrimp boil, desserts, and grilled hot dogs for non-fish-eaters. Every year, Milton Baptist Church chooses to give all donations to a family, individual or local organization. This year’s recipient is Angela Rhoades, a single mother of two who lives in Norwich and who is battling cancer for the second time. Milton Baptist Church is located at 1213 N. Sycamore Road.
70 years old and running non-stop By Sam Jack
The Times-Sentinel sjack@tsnews.com
CHENEY – Though he shows few signs of kicking the bucket, Cheney resident Tom Snook put together a “bucket list” for his 70th year. He has been steadily checking off the items on the list. On April 16, he completed the Boston Marathon. Check. On Aug. 18 and 19, he took on an even more difficult challenge, racing a half-marathon up Colorado’s Pikes Peak before returning to the mountain the following day and running a full marathon up the peak, and then back down. “I’ve got this funky philosophy: I believe a person should do more as they get older, rather than less,” Snook said. “You never really have to quit doing anything because of age. There may be other reasons, but not age. The body’s built to work. ... As long as you keep working and never quit, you can do it till your last breath.” Snook graduated from Cheney High School and went on to Wichita State University, graduating in 1972. “When I graduated from WSU, I was in bad shape,” he recalled. “I got out of shape, going to school and working full time. I went to play basketball, and I couldn’t really do it. So in May of 1972, I made a
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Tom Snook poses for a photo after completing the Pikes Peak Ascent a year ago. This summer, he upped the ante by running a half marathon and full marathon on the mountain on back-to-back days.
personal vow never to be physically limited again. I’ve kept that vow for 46 years. I just cannot stand being out of shape.” Snook retired from a career at Cessna eight years ago and spent a full week unemployed. He hated that week. “It was just a feeling like, ‘I’m kind of useless to the world now,’” he said. “So I got on the Internet.” He applied to work at the Dillons at Maple and 135th in Wichita. Within minutes of hitting “submit” on his computer, he got a call from an HR person. “She said, ‘We hire retired folks because they have the work ethic and they do their job right.’ I’ve been there ever since,” Snook said. Snook requested and got one of the most demanding jobs at Dillons, wrangling shopping carts in the parking lot. He loves the physicality of the work, as well as the opportunity to socialize with customers. “I’ve got a lot of friendships I’ve established over the last six months, and I look forward to going to work,” he said. He has also enjoyed getting to know the other “cart boys,” most of them much younger than himself. “Some of them listen to me very intently. I tell these young kids, ‘You can have that same waistline in 50 years, if you want to,’”
See SNOOK, Page 7A
Teams get ready to play
Sam Jack, Michelle Leidy-Franklin and Greg McFadden/The Times-Sentinel
Local high schools held their fall sports scrimmages and previews last Friday. LEFT: Eisenhower’s Collin Mackey makes a throw during the Tigers’ scrimmage. MIDDLE: Clearwater cheerleaders take the field. RIGHT: Anna Smith attempts a kill at Garden Plain’s scrimmage.
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